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January 20, 2010
A New Market Press Publication
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Gibson is an energetic, playful guy who is looking forward to meeting you.
The ice-breaking ship “Miss Doc” worked tirelessly to keep Champlain ferries running.
Rusty searches for answers to the runaway cars on the highway.
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Investigation ongoing in Police Academy death
G.E. Rutland wins large tax credit
Victim was David McMullen, age 44 The Vermont Criminal Justice Training Council (VCJTC) initiated a personnel investigation at the Police Academy on Jan. 7 which resulted in the seizure of four computers. The personnel investigation focused on electronic communication between staff members to include Director R.J. Elrick and Training Coordinator Dave McMullen of Cornwall. Personnel matters are confidential by law and policy and we are unable to comment in any more detail. During the week of Jan. 11, the Vermont State Police initiated a criminal investigation after a preliminary analysis of McMullen’s computer revealed it may have contained information of a criminal nature. The contents of the computer were then further analyzed, during which time information indicating that potential child pornography was accessed from an outside source by this assigned computer. The analysis also indicated that similar material may have been linked to external sources, to include a home computer. On Jan. 15, Vermont State Police investigators applied for and were granted a search warrant for McMullen’s residence in Cornwall. The search warrant was executed on the evening of Jan. 15 and items from the home were seized. These items are in the process of being submitted for forensic computer analysis. On Jan. 16, at approximately 10:20 a.m., McMullen was found dead behind a maintenance shed located on the property of the Vermont Police Academy. McMullen’s death appears to be a suicide. His body has been sent to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Burlington where an autopsy will be performed. McMullen’s death is currently being investigated by State Police detectives from “D” Troop. McMullen will be transported to the Vermont Chief Medical Examiner ’s Office for autopsy to determine cause and manner of death. This is an active and open investigation at this time.
GEnx manufacturing effort to benefit By Lou Varricchio newmarketpress@denpubs.com RUTLAND — General Electric Aviation in Rutland, Vt., was awarded nearly $12 million in U.S. tax credits for its clean-energy, high-tech GEnx jet engine project. The $11.9 million tax credit, made public last week, will be used to purchase various high-tech machinery and equipment that will be used in the precision manufacturing of G.E. Aviation’s nextgeneration jet engine. The advanced turbofan engine is now under development at several facilities—including Rutland—and is planned for use in Boeing’s 787 and 7478 jets. The GEnx will replace the CF6 engine. Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner is a widebody jet airliner and will seat up to 330 passengers. Since orders were first placed in 2007, the 787 has become the fastest-selling airliner in history. The sub-sonic jet will begin flying later this year. Boeing’s 747-8 is a longer, leaner version of the 1960s-era 747 Jumbo Jet. It will fly later this year as a freighter and in 2011 as a passenger jet. GEnx is innovative for its bleedless engine design meaning that outside air entering the engine is used almost entirely to produce thrust thus greatly reducing fuel consumption. GEnx is being billed as the world’s first “green” jet engine. It’s use in new Boeing jets around the world will mean significantly reduced greenhouse gas emissions, reduced fossil fuel consumption, and reduced atmospheric water vapor contrails. General Electric is a 64 percent owner of the engine project with non-American stakeholders, including I.H. Heavy Industries of Japan, Avio, Volvo Aero, Techspace Aero, Mitsubishi, and Samsung—in order of decreasing financial interest. Key components for the GE90 and CF34 engines—blades and vanes—are also manufactured at the Rutland facility. G.E. Aviation’s domestic and international competitors include Pratt & Whitney (USA) Rolls-Royce (U.K.).
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Students in Rutland schools to receive dental care benefits Taxpayers funds used
FAITH COMMUNITY — St. Dominic Catholic Church serves the Roman Catholic community in Proctor, Vt. This historic church is located on South Street and was built in 1926 of locally quarried white marble. Served by the Capuchin Franciscan order, it is closely linked with St. Peter Catholic Church in Rutland. This is the first of an occasional Rutland Tribune front-page series featuring houses of worship in Rutland County. Photo by Lou Varricchio
RUTLAND — A new partnership between Rutland schools and the region’s community health center will provide dental care for students throughout the district. U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) secured $125,000 in taxpayer funds for the Community Health Centers of the Rutland Region to establish the dental program. Access to dental care is serious problem in Vermont and throughout the country, according to Rutland Public School Superintendent Mary Moran and Grant Whitmer, executive director of the health center. “There are many Vermonters who have lost their teeth or who suffer a lot of unnecessary pain because, for lack of money or access, they have not been able to get to a dentist when they should,” Sanders said at
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